Rail-anchor.



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RMT.. ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED 1130.16, 1910,

Patented Juif; 19M.

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iff-A W. M. MITCHELL d: G. A. OHNSON.

BAL ANCHOR.

MBIGATION FILED 9:43.16, 1910.

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WILLIAM M. MITCHELL, OE LOIiIsvILLE, KENTUCKY, AND GEORG-E A'. JOHNSON, or

MARION, INDIANA, AssIGNoR-s To rOsITIvE EAIL ANCHOR VILLE, KENTUCKY, .e CORPORATION, or VIRGINIA.

COMPANY, or .LOUIS- RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all iti/0m t may concern Be it known that we,r Tin-Linn M. MITCH- ELL, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeerson and State of Kentucky, and GEORGE A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, county of Grant, State of indiana, have invented certain new and vuseful .Improvements in Rail-Anchors, of

which we do declare the following to be a full, clear. and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicationf Our present invention has relation more particularly to that class of rail anchors in which there are jaws for engaging the base iianges of the rail, these jaws being adapted to be brought into wedging engagement with the rail flanges and being connected to gether -by a suitable bar or part extending beneath the rail. A rail anchor of the type to which our invention is particularly applicable, is shown in Letters Patent No. 915,655, granted to Benjamin B. Betts, March 1G, 1909.

The Objectfof the invention is to provide improved means whereby the anchor, after it has been moved to position for use upon the rail, may be securely locked or held in such position against danger of accidental or mischievous loosening or displacement,

and to this end the invention consists in the.

features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed outin the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l is a. plan View of a rail anchor embodying our invention, the anchor being shown in theposition which it occupies as it is being applied to the rail. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the anchor after it has been turned to tightly wedge its jaws upon the base lianges of the rail. Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. et is a plan view of an end portion of the anchor after its end has been' hammered down to engage the edge of the rail flange. Fig. 5 is an end view of the parts shown in -F ig. 4'. Fig. 6 is View similar to Fig. 4:, but. showing a modified form of the invention. `7` is .an end view of the parts shown` in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a view similar to ,F ig. 4, but showing a modified form of the invention.

In the drawings, fr rail and B denotes one ofthe'ties whereon the rail rests. "lhe preferred fo in o f our invention comprises a transverse bar C adapted to extend beneath the base ofthe rail A from side to side thereof. At one end of this bai' C, and preferably formed integral therewith, is a long arm or abutment D that extends downwardly and forwardly, so that when the anchor is in position for use this abutment'will engage a side of one of the ties B. it the end of the bar C, adjacent the abutment D, there is formed a jaw E betweengwhich -jaw and the bar C is a cavity or space adapted to receive one of the'iianges a. of the rail A., and the inner edge of the j aw E is shown as inclined outn wardly toward tiie abutment D, the object of which. will presently appear. Preferably,

the jaw E reinforced or strengthened by ribs c cast integrai therewith, these ribs eX- tending around the jaw, as shown by the several views of the drawings. site end the bar @is provided with a jaw F adapted to engage the liange a of the rail A, and between this jaw and the underlying part of the bar C is formed a'space or cavity to receive the rail flange a. As shown, .the jaw F is strengthened or reinforced by ribs f formed integral therewith. The outer end of the j aw F is provided with a locking tongue or iiange F which, as shown by raeeniea seiya, Isra.

designates a railway Figs. l and 3, extends normally in line with the jaw F and is 4formed integral therewith. This locking flange or tongne F, l

while shown as extending normally in c'line with the j aw F, is intended lto be bent downwardly -with respect thereto, after `the anchor has been placed in positionv for use upon the, rail, in order to lfirmly look the anchor in position for use and guard against all dangerof its accidental or mischievous loosening or displacement.

In order to` enable the locking flange or tongue F to be ,more readily bent down, under the. blows of a hammer, intoposition to engage the outer edge oft-he railbase flange a', the metal between the locking tongue or' flange F and the remainder of `the, aw F is weakened, as by slotting, grooving orr thinning lthe metal between 'such' parts. In the preferred form of our'iimproved uanc-hoi", shown in Figs. g1 to 'of thedraWngS, theton'g'iie or flange l?" is separated slightly from the body portion of the jaw F by a long slot ft.

In order to enable the tongue or flange F to beV forced down into engagement with the outer edge of the rail base flange af, we prefer to form the upper face of the tongue or flange F with a raised lug F2 adapted to receive the blows of a hammer.

When our improved anchor above described is to be applied to a rail,the body portion or bar C of the anchor is passed beneath the rail between two ties and the jaw F and the tongue or flange F is forced over the base flange a of therail until the outer edge of the rail base flange a is parallel with and adjacent to'tlie outer wall f3l of the cavity beneath the jaw F, the abutment D being at suclitime beneath the rail base. When the parts are in such position,

(see Fig. l) the outer edge of the oppositerail base flange a will be parallel with and adjacent to the inclined inner edge c of the fjjaw E. The jaw 'E is then lifted until its upper part Iextends slightly above the outer edge of the rail base flange a and the anchor is then turned in the direction of the curved arrows, Fig. 1, until thejaws E and F are firmly wedged upon the rail base flanges i and a., respectively. At such time the free end of the arm or abutment D is brought. to bear against the side of the'tie B. The tongue or fiange F 4will then extend over the space between the outer edge of the rail base flange a and the outer wall f3 of the cavity beneath the jaw F and the tongue or flange F can then be forced downward into engagement with the outer edge of the rail base flange a', as shown in Fig. 5, by blows of a hammer delivered upon the top of the lip-standing lug F2. When the tongue site that. indicated by the curved arrows (Fig. l) and, hence, cannot become loose upon the rail.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings, a tongue or flange F is shown as separated from the body of the jaw F by a slot f5 that extends transversely of the jaw F. -While this construction is not deemed as desirable as that hereinbefore described, it will nevertheless be seen that the tongue or flange F can be more readily forced downward into the space between the outer wall f3 of the jaw cavity and the outer edge of the base flange a of the rail than would be possible if n0 suoli slotting or weakening of the metal between the tongue F 4 and the jaw F were made.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the construction Ajaw F, by means of an open slot, the tongue or flange F is separated from, the body'of the aw F by reducing the thickness of the metal between the tongue or flange F and the body of the jaw F. This thinning of the metal is accomplished by forming a groove or channel f extending between the tongue or flange F and the body of the jaw F, and this can be readily done in the operation of casting the anchor, as it will be understood that the anchor is preferably formed as a malleable iron casting. The anchor is setx upon the rail in the manner hereinbefore described and, after the anchor has been brought to the position shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, the tongue F is forced downward by blows from a hammer pasture from the spirit of the invent-ion; and

it will be understood also that the term anchor as herein employed is meant to cover not merely a device extending between the ties, as in the precise form of anchor' shown, but, as well also, tie-plates or like devices'that are adapted to' act as anchors to prevent the creeping of the rails.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is

l. A rail anchor comprising a part adapted to extend beneath the base of the railand having at ,its ends jaws to grip the base flanges of the rail, said jaws being adapted to be turned inone direction to grip said 'flanges and having a flexible tongue or flange formed upon one end of the upper overhanging part of one of said jaws, said tongue or flange being adapted to be bent downward toward the body of the anchor to engage with the edge of the rail base flange.

2. A rail anchor comprising a part adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail and having jaws to grip the bottom rail flanges, one of said jaws having at its end and upper side a flexible tongue or flange adapted to be bent downward into engagement with the edge of the adjacent rail flange, said jaw being channeled or slotted between said tongue or fiange and the body of the jaw to permit the tongue or flange to be more readily bent.

3; A rail anchor comprising a'part adapted to extend beneaththe base of the rail in one direction .to tighten its grip .upon

and having jaws to grip theA bottom rail flanges, said jaws being adapted to be turned 'in' one direction to tighten their grip upon the base flanges of the rail and to be turned inthe Oppositedirection to release them 'from the rail, the upper overhanging part of thel adjacent rail base flange.

4. A vrail anchor comprising a part adapted to extend beneath t-he base of the rail and havin jaws to grip the bottom rail flanges, one o said jaws being'a'dapted to be .turned the rail flange and to be turned in the opposite direction to loosen its grip upon the .rail flange, saidjaw being provided at one end with a flexible tongue or fiange, the upper part of said jaw being slotted or channeled to permit said tongue or flange to be 'more readily bent into engagement with the edge of the base' ange of the rail, in order to prevent the loosening of the anchor.

5. Afrailanchor comprising a part adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail andb having jaws to grip the bottom-rail flanges, one of said jawsl having at its lend and upper side a liexible tongue or flange adapted to be bent downward into 'engagement with the edge of the rail flange and having an upwardly projecting lug on the end of said tongue or flange to receive hammer blows.

6. A rail anchor comprising a part adapted toextend beneath the base-'of the rail and having jaws to grip the bottom rail flanges, one of said jawshaving upon its upper side and at one end .a flexible tongue or flange adapted tobe bent into engagement with the edge of the adjacent rail flange, there being a groove or channel adjacent said tongue or flange and extending in a direction transverse to the body of the anchor to permit said tongue or flange to be bent into engagement with the edge of the railflange.

7.- A rail anchor comprising a part adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail and having jaws to grip the bottom rail flanges, one of said jaws having its upper side arranged to obliquely overlap the rail flange when in position for use, the outwardly extending end of the upper part of said jaw having a flexible lip adapted to be bent down into the space between the outer edge of the rail iiange and the body of the jaw, after the anchor has been turned int-o position for use.

8. A rail anchor lcomprising a bar adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail and having jaws formed integral with its ends-to engage the base Hanges ofA the rail and having an offset at one end'to engage a tie7 the jaw at the end farthest from saido'set havingA a flexible. tongue or flange forminga portion of its upper overhanging part and adapted to be bent downward into engage-` ment with the edgeof the rail flange after the anchor has been turned into position for use.

9. A rail anchor comprising a bar adapted to extend beneath the rail base and having at one-end an offset to engage a tie and having at each of its ends a'jaw'to engage a base flange of the rail, said offset and jaws being formed integral with said bar, one of said jaws having at one end of its upper v side a flexible tongue or flange provided at its end with a raised lug to receive the blows of a hammer in order to bend said tongue or flange into engagement with the outer edge of the rail flange. l'

l0. A rail anchor comprising a bar adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail and having jaws to grip the bottom rail flanges, one of said jaws ha'vingat its upper part andV at its end yariiexible tongue or flange extending over the cavity that receives the base flange of the rail, said cavity being of such shape that when said jaw is turned tol position for use, there will be a space between the outer edge of the rail flange and the outer wall of the jaw cavity into which space said .tongue or flange may be bent ldownward to hold the anchor against acci- 'dental displacement.

WILLIAM M. MITCHELL. GECRGE A. JOHNSON.

CHARLES ALVIN ROGERS, G. B. MURRAY. 

